On-line Application with a Paper Proposal

The focal issue of the Working Group on 22^nd Annual Conference is administrative procedures and philosophy of agencies of internal security. Scholars and practitioners who are active in area of public administration, public law or internal security and who are interested in research and study of agencies and policies of internal security are invited to submit papers for the Working Group on Administration and Management of Internal Security Agencies on the following topics:

• Arrangement and organization. In this session papers about overall structure and arrangement of internal safety and security, organization, culture and management of agencies of internal security, financing of agencies of internal security, cooperation and relations between agencies. Also descriptive papers on development of internal security agencies are welcomed;

• Personnel standing and management. In this session papers about personnel management, leadership, salaries and social security, training and education and other issues related to personnel management of agencies are expected.;

• Policies and strategic planning. In this session papers about policies, implementation of policies and strategies of internal security are expected. This session also hosts papers on general problems, statistics and public self-organization of internal security (such as crime rate, incarceration rate, statistics of imprisonment etc or theoretical or philosophical approaches to solving problems of crime and public order). Also descriptive papers on development of policies and strategies on internal security are welcomed;

• Implementation and law. In this session papers on legislation on internal security (laws, regulations, bylaws etc.) and court practice, on implementation studies, law and economic, and studies on institutional theory are expected. This session also hosts papers on corruption and other misuse of public power in agencies and bodies of internal security.

The paper selection will be based on submitted abstracts, which have to clearly define objectives and research questions (i.e. what the researcher wishes to find) and to carefully describe the research design and methods (i.e. what the researcher will actually do). The papers should demonstrate a knowledge of related literature and legislation in both the local language and in English.