By William Collins aka MRA-UK: I have previously posted on the matter of paternity fraud (covering separately paternity fraud type 1, paternity fraud type 2, and DNA testing legalities). This post draws attention to a larger dataset on paternity fraud of which I was previously unaware. It is apposite also to discuss the phenomenon of sexual crypsis which links this topic with that of my last post, The Bottom of the Rabbit Hole.
The Child Support Analysis Site
My main motivation for this post was the accidental discovery of the remarkable web site Child Support Analysis. This claims to have been the site of “a small independent think-tank“. Its scope was “child support in the UK and topics related to child support”. It is clear that the driving force was one Barry Pearson, self-described as “childfree”, at least in 2005. The site appears to be a commendably factual, polemic-free, source of data and historical record. It contains an explicit warning that its purpose was not for “advising, blaming, campaigning, or debating“. Regrettably, the site ceased operation in July 2007 but thankfully it is still up. It would be a pity if the considerable work put into compiling the material thereon was lost. In particular it hosts the largest dataset of mis-paternity data I have yet seen. It pulls together the sources deployed in several meta-analyses plus a number of other references, albeit only up to 2006.
The Child Support Analysis Site
My main motivation for this post was the accidental discovery of the remarkable web site Child Support Analysis. This claims to have been the site of “a small independent think-tank“. Its scope was “child support in the UK and topics related to child support”. It is clear that the driving force was one Barry Pearson, self-described as “childfree”, at least in 2005. The site appears to be a commendably factual, polemic-free, source of data and historical record. It contains an explicit warning that its purpose was not for “advising, blaming, campaigning, or debating“. Regrettably, the site ceased operation in July 2007 but thankfully it is still up. It would be a pity if the considerable work put into compiling the material thereon was lost. In particular it hosts the largest dataset of mis-paternity data I have yet seen. It pulls together the sources deployed in several meta-analyses plus a number of other references, albeit only up to 2006.