An important idea is getting its test run in America: the creation of intensive outpatient care to target hot spots, and thereby reduce over-all health-care costs.

NEWYORKER: The Hot Spotters

Even as drug companies show data on dozens of medicines that target weak spots in cancer like smart bombs, what would have been lauded as miracles are now de rigueur.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Teams of up to 40 will target poaching hot spots and conduct vehicle spot checks in a series of night operations.

BBC: Operation targets wildlife crime in Cumbria

As part of the Safer Lanarkshire campaign, additional officers will target known trouble spots aiming to disrupt gang activity and disorder.

BBC: Blitz against booze-related crime

As part of its CompStat system, it combined mapping and the analysis of crime statistics to target "hot spots" by concentrating patrol, detective and narcotics units.

WSJ: Stopping Urban Crime Without Jail Time