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Equity Textuals (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized   1,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized 1,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized    
Common stock, shares authorized   500,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized 500,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized 500,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized  
Common stock, shares outstanding   204,866,770us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding 204,866,770us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding 212,316,642us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding  
Treasury Stock, Shares   591,561us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares 591,561us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares 10,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares  
Treasury Stock, Shares, Acquired 1,974,053us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired   11,424,446us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired   15,294,567us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
Treasury Stock, Value, Acquired, Par Value Method $ 45,100,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredParValueMethod   $ 241,700,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredParValueMethod   $ 184,900,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockValueAcquiredParValueMethod
Treasury Stock Acquired, Average Cost Per Share $ 22.84us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare   $ 21.15us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare   $ 12.09us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorization Increase     290,000,000sci_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizationIncrease    
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount   300,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1 300,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1    
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount   238,800,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1 238,800,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1    
Dividends declared per share $ 0.10us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.09us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.34us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.27us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.23us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
Payments of Dividends, Common Stock     71,517,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock 57,229,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock 60,296,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock
Purchase of noncontrolling interest     $ 15,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAdditionalInterestInSubsidiaries $ 23,333,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAdditionalInterestInSubsidiaries $ 3,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAdditionalInterestInSubsidiaries