The phrase "leading perpetrators" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the primary individuals or groups responsible for a particular crime or wrongdoing.
Example: "The investigation revealed the identities of the leading perpetrators behind the fraud scheme."
Alternatives: "primary offenders" or "main culprits."
Not surprisingly, the presence of mental illness can inflame these beliefs, leading perpetrators to have irrational and exaggerated perceptions of their own victimization.
Moreover, the tribunal has a growing number of other top leaders in custody, and looks on course to nail the leading perpetrators of the worst atrocities in Europe since the second world war.
As a result, urban areas became the setting for most kidnappings, and common criminals were the leading perpetrators by 2011.
But most are committed with little or no prior planning, leading perpetrators to make such basic errors as failing to conceal their identity or plan an escape route.
Cheryl's shooting -- allegedly by two 204th Street gang members as she and friends talked on a street in broad daylight -- underscored a new reality: that since the mid-1990s, according to the L.A. County Human Relations Commission, Latino gangs have become the region's leading perpetrators of violent hate crimes.
From family members, step fathers and brothers were the leading perpetrators.
The FARC had been the leading perpetrator of kidnappings in Colombia for over three decades.
The vulnerable victim is one typology associated with victimised individuals, but there is a growing body of evidence which suggests that victims share the same personality traits as perpetrators, leading to suggestions that perpetrators and victims can hold both roles.
The company estimates the damage from the chicken attack at $5,000, and is offering a reward of the same amount for information leading to the perpetrator or perpetrators.
The Kremlin demands evidence, poses as the victim of western propaganda, yet does its utmost to obscure a trail leading to possible perpetrators.
Obama administration officials insist that the metadata program is vital because it assembles a "haystack" that makes it possible for a computer search to extract the "needle" of evidence leading to the perpetrators of a terrorist plot.
