DAVID HOWE OBE is Dean of the School of Social Work and Psychosocial Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK. He was founding Editor of the Blackwell Science journal, Child and Family Social Work (1996-2001) and is author of many books, including Attachment Theory for Social Work Practice, Attachment Theory, Child Maltreatment and Family Support and Child Abuse and Neglect: Attachment, Development and Intervention.