He is somewhat manipulative, even making Officer Barbrady break down in tears, although, this could also be explained by Barbrady's low intelligence. Josh is also clearly a 'bad boy', if you will, being in juvenile hall and toilet papering over 600 houses in one year, as mentioned by the police officer. Otherwise, Josh is tough and sneaky, able to break out of the metal hand-cart (although he only had three weeks left before his release).