Books by Mark Drakeford

This book offers a clear and comprehensive guide to youth justice practice based on a solid grounding of academic research and in-depth understanding of how the youth justice system operates.

What has the contemporary financial context meant for social policy, social work and the relationship between them? Examining the role of political, economic and societal forces, this lively book uses a full range of supportive features to encourage reflection on the impact of austerity on different social groups, social work and social care.

This work represents a detailed, researched attempt to investigate the role which the Probation Service might play in the field of trial and probation. Using an on-th-ground investigation of current practise, it looks at those services which can assist courts to release defendants on bail.

Privatisation and Social Policy addresses one of the key issues of recent years, the covert but undeniable impact of growing privatisation on the development and implementation of social policy.