JOHANNESBURG - Victims of hideous crimes sometimes find it hard to accept an offender's release from prison according to clinical psychologist, Keitumetse Mashego.
This follows the release of Norman Simons, dubbed the Station Strangler, last week.
His parole has left some community members upset and even fearing for the safety of their children.
Mashego says it's common for society to not trust someone who has committed serious crimes.
She said, "you do get people, for whatever reason, temporarily insanity or whatever it could've been that caused them to commit the crime where they actually are remorseful and they now have to be reintegrated into society."
"It becomes very difficult for them to be employed again or to be trusted again, and for people who are living with this person can be understandable because they are fearing whatever they are fearing."
"But you do get those where the pathology is so deep rooted that they can't be rehabilitated but there are those few that can be rehabilitated and do actually change but sadly the society does not have such places and does not trust them so easily because some of their crimes are serious."
"It's also a difficult process to trust again that person who is out on parole and genuinely remorseful and rehabilitated."