As a man that had custody of my children in the 80's and failed to receive support on a regular basis from a dead-beat, absent mom, I must disagree with lumping this problem as a male issue. Any parent that shuns their financial responsiblity on a regular basis should be held accountable and by now, 2010, we shouldn't place the tag of being a dead-beat on one gender alone. Women, although in the minority of this issue, will generally fall way short in their court ordered obligations before the majority of men.

As a Father of Three Daughters, and being that I have been on both sides of the Child support issue,I can tell you that gender has nothing to do with living up to the responsibility of having children. The issue falls with society's allowance of the demise of the family unit in general, with the allowance of no-fault divorces and with the fact that a majority of the "dead beats" came out of homes where one of the parents was absent and was also a "dead beat". As a society, we need to try to reinforce what is expected of you before you have children. The eighteen to twenty-four years of dedicated educational, emotional, motivational, material and most importantly financial. That is not just for the fathers, but for the mothers as well.
But as to publishing the names and amounts owed, that might work, if the "dead beat" lives in the same area as the custodial parent, but if they live in different states or different regions of the same state, it would have no effect at all!

I agree treat them like criminals.It's not just one parent's responsibility.But,look at it this way,he's paying for it because,he's gonna ruin the relationship with his children.Didn't the father"s dad have cancer?

i never said it was a MALE issue.i took my children out of an abusive home.i just think my boys deserve monetary support.my ex has had 5 DUIs.yet he still walks around free in contempt for month after month with another crime..when do my kids get justice?