George Hales | University of Chester

George teaches across a number of modules offered in the School of Psychology. His main interests are in child maltreatment, the development of antisocial behaviour, and deception detection.

George has conducted and collaborated on research exploring adverse childhood experiences, stress and resilience, intimate partner violence, and deception detection. His research interests fall under the umbrellas of criminal psychology and developmental psychopathology. George is a member of the BPS and ACAMH.

George mostly teaches on Forensic Psychology modules, including Forensic and Criminal Psychology (PS4019), Real World Applications in Forensic Psychology: Project Work (PS5001), and Applications in Forensic Psychology: Specialist Approaches (PS6009) as well as Core Topics in Psychology (PS4010), and Understanding the Mind (PS5017).

George's research interests fall under the umbrella of criminal psychology and developmental psychopathology. His topics of interest include child maltreatment and adverse childhood experiences, stress and resilience, intimate partner violence, and deception detection.

Hall, M., Hill, E., Moreland, G., Hales, G. K., Boduszek, D., & Debowska, A. (2022). Profiles of intimate partner violence victimization: A systematic review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380221126183

Hall, M., Debowska, A., & Hales, G. (in press). The effect of victim attractiveness and type of abuse suffered on attributions of victim blame and credibility in intimate partner violence: A vignette-based online experiment. Violence Against Women.

Hales, G., Saribaz, Z. E., Debowska, A., & Rowe, R. (2022). Links of adversity in childhood with mental and physical health outcomes: A systematic review of longitudinal mediating and moderating mechanisms. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380221075087

Debowska, A., Hales, G., & Boduszek, D. (2021). Violence against children by stepparents. In T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Domestic Violence (pp 553-569). SAGE Publications Ltd.

George graduated from University of Chester in 2016 with a BSc in Psychology, in 2017 graduated from Birmingham City University with an MSc in Forensic Psychology, and in 2019 graduated from University of Sheffield with an MA in Social Research.

George recently submitted his PhD thesis at University of Sheffield, which investigated the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and psychosocial functioning.