In 1986, he graduated from the Karaganda Higher School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR with a degree in Law (specialization in investigative and forensic science), qualification – Lawyer.
From 1986 to 2001, Elemánov S.Kh. held various leadership positions in the Department of Internal Affairs of the Semipalatinsk Region and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In 2001, he completed postgraduate studies at the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the specialty 12.00.08 – Criminal Law, Criminology, and Penal Law.
In 2004, he defended his PhD dissertation on the topic: "Criminal Law and Criminological Problems of Malicious Evasion of Paying Child and Disabled Parent Support." Scientific advisor – Academician Nurtaev R.T.
PUBLICATIONS
Author of more than 40 scientific works, including 7 textbooks dedicated to the protection of the rights of minors and disabled parents (1999, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2019). He has published scientific articles on pressing issues of criminal and criminal procedural law, family law, and criminology in domestic and international scientific journals.