Making Fathers Pay: The Enforcement of Child Support Book

Part One - Introduction
1. "I'm Going to Teach You a Lesson"
2. Seeking Answers The Friends of the Court The Michigan Counties Studied
Part Two - Families in Divorce
3. The Divorced Families in Genesee County Backgrounds The Marriages and the Children Reasons for Wanting Out: The Divorce A Summary Synthesis
4. The Economics of Divorce Fixing the Order of Support Financial Positions after Divorce Summary
Part Three - What Makes Fathers Pay?
5. Payment of Support Why Fathers Might Not Pay Payment in Genesee County
6. Why Some Counties Collect More than Others Methods Factors That Might Explain Differences in Collections Why Rates of Collection Differ Dollar Costs and Returns of Jailings Jail and Deterrence
7. Why Some Fathers Pay More than Others A Commonsense Theory of Payments Payments and Background Characteristics Effects of Postseparation Events Effects of Enforcement Efforts Summary
Part Four - Jail
8. "All Right, Mr. Connors, Bring Up Mr. Neal"
The Jailing Process The Genesee Enforcement Staff Enforcement Efforts before Apprehension Enforcement Efforts Involving a Judicial Appearance The Power of the Officers
9. The Jailed Men How Men Who Were Jailed Differed from Men Who Were Not Effects of Jailing on Payments Total Returns from Jailing The Impacts of Long Terms in Jail
10. Justifying the Continued Use of Jail
Part Five - "Food in Their Little Stomachs, Boots in the Wintertime"
11. Alternatives and Limits Two New Approaches The Future of Parental Obligations of Support Methodological Appendix Appendix of Tables Notes Selected Bibliography Index