Barnardo's made its call in a report, Bitter Legacy, published last week.
It said that in nine out of ten cases children are present in the same or next room when violence takes place between their parents or guardians and that in half the cases of violence between adults, children fall victim to violence as well.
According to the report, in England and Wales more than 40 per cent of women killed were murdered by a current or former partner or lover, while more than half of all murders in Scotland were between partners. It said, 'Many public inquiries into the deaths of children have shown that the men responsible for the death of children have a history of violence towards their female partners.'
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