Within the criminal justice system, the police occupational culture has received the most research attention. This chapter first discusses the measurement of occupational culture. The cultural web described by Johnson and Scholes (2002) offers a framework onto which maps a particular organization's culture and which is usually elicited qualitatively from groups within the workforce. Mixed-method approaches are also used to construct an account of an occupational culture. The organization's culture has been used to provide explanations for a number of processes such as the experience of work-related stress, resistance to change, misconduct and discrimination. The argument is made that the occupational identity as defined by the organization's culture is threatened by the presence of 'otherness', i.e. individuals who are different by virtue of their gender, race and sexual orientation. Discriminatory practices by the majority seek to maintain the status quo.