6 136 CHAPTER 6 factors are not always bidirectional. Causal influence of a single (early) life experience like childhood sexual abuse is unidirectional by definition. Figure 6.5 provides a graphical representation of the NBM-RSR. Figure 6.5 Graphical representation of the network-based model of risk of sexual reoffending (NBM-RSR). Figure and legend adapted with permission from “Understanding the Risk of Sexual Reoffending in Adult Men: A Network-Based Model,” by J. W. van den Berg et al., 2023, Sexual Abuse, p. 10. Advance online publication. Copyright © 2023 by the Author(s). 6.3 OVERVIEW AND DISCUSSION To advance the understanding of the development and nature of the risk of sexual reoffending and to stimulate further theoretical discussion and scientific research on this phenomenon, we propose and introduce a network approach to risk of sexual reoffending. Our NBM-RSR not only aims to provide a coherent account of the development and nature of the risk of sexual reoffending, it also represents a theoretical framework in an effort to overcome the limitations of the Propensities Model. That is, in contrast to this model, the NBM-RSR a) does consider mutual causal interrelationships of risk-relevant features within dynamic risk factors and between dynamic risk factors themselves (Heffernan et al., 2019; Ward & Fortune, 2016), b) provides meaningful information on how dynamic risk factors give rise to the risk of sexual reoffending (Prentky et al., 2015;
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