[Lauren]

I watched a fact-based drama last night on C4 called Forgiven. It was about a father who sexually assaulted his young daughter many times, and after years of this abuse she finally told her mother.

He was reported and spent a few months in jail before the mother decided that he should go into a paedophile rehabilitation centre. She was fully prepared to forgive him if and let him back in her home if he underwent a year in this centre. During the rehabilitation he was forced to roleplay and empathise with the feelings of his daughter, there were also family counselling sessions between the mother and father where he admitted whenever they had intercourse he imagined paedophilic fantasies.

After a year he was allowed back in the family home. He admitted he still had urges and feelings - but felt he could control them. She was criticised a lot for putting her daughter back in danger.

So, firstly - do you think the rehabilitation works? It states it does not cure the problem, but only serves to stifle it.
Do you think it was right of her to allow him back to live with her despite him still having sexual urges towards his daughter?
Should he be allowed out of jail so early despite a high rate of re-offending to occur? What did you think of the programme if you watched it?