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Preneed Trust Investments (Components of preneed cemetery trust investments) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Impairment charge for other-than-temporary declines in fair value	$ 400,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments
Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Impairment charge for other-than-temporary declines in fair value	200,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember	0us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember
Preneed cemetery trust investments, at market value		70,386,000csv_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrentBeforeAllowanceForContractCancellation / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember	74,198,000csv_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrentBeforeAllowanceForContractCancellation / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember
Less: allowance for contract cancellation		(2,045,000)csv_LessAllowanceForContractCancellation / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember	(2,226,000)csv_LessAllowanceForContractCancellation / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember
Available-for-sale securities, current		$ 68,341,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember	$ 71,972,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesCurrent / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = csv_PreneedCemeteryTrustInvestmentsMember

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as trading securities nor held-to-maturity securities and intended be sold or mature one year or operating cycle, if longer, before allowance for related contract cancellations.

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The allowance for contract cancellation on trust investments.

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as trading securities nor held-to-maturity securities and intended be sold or mature one year or operating cycle, if longer.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 320

-SubTopic 10

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