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Earnings Per Share - Additional Information (Detail)
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Apr. 30, 2013
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]        
Stock options excluded from computation of earnings per share because they were anti-dilutive 12,000.0us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 15,000.0us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 700,000us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount  
Special Dividend        
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]        
Number of shares of CCA common stock distributed pursuant to the special dividend       13,900,000us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsShares
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