Do infected characters necessarily act exactly like their usual selves aside from pleasantly compliant or can the infection make them act like they used to be at a different point in their lives?

I'm thinking about getting Qrow infected and having him act like his old bandit self in order to maximize the amount of infecting he can do -- things like lying in wait to grab people and infect them by force or flushing people out into a common area by setting fire to rooms, things like that -- but I want to make sure that's not against the spirit of how the event works.